TYNE TUGS AND TUG BUILDERS
A history of Tyne Tugs, their builders and owners

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Above: Select the required Tug Owner by using the initial letter of the Owner's Name eg: Batey, Lawson or Tyne.
KEY BELOW: D / H / P (D = basic dimensions are shown; H = a history is given; P = one or more photographs are available)

Tug Owner: John, Joseph & Richard Swan, North Shields

The Swan family of North Shields seem to have been regularly involved in sending tugs out to Constantinople or the Black Sea.

The following tugs were involved:


Tug Name Year D / H / P Owner
Bee 1856 D / H Richard Swan, North Shields
Brothers 1852 D / H Joseph Swan, North Shields
Bull Dog 1855 D / H Richard Swan, North Shields
Dandy 1857 D / H Richard Swan, North Shields & John Swan, London
Dragon 1826 D / H Richard Swan, North Shields
Eclat 1854 D / H John Swan, North Shields
Guide 1848 D / H Edward Kell Swan, North Shields
Napoleon 1855 D / H John Swan, North Shields
Orient 1856 D / H Richard Swan, Shields
Ossian 1857 D / H Richard Swan, North Shields
Sultan 1855 D / H John Swan, North Shields
Sultana 1855 D / H Richard Swan, North Shields
Swan 1852 D / H Joseph Swan, Shields
Turk 1857 D / H Richard Swan, North Shields & John Swan, London
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